Oldefo Quotes & Sayings

To forget the self is to remember that we don't exist alone, but in relation to other people, to other creatures, to the planet, and to the universe. — Steve Hagen

I used to write in bed, starting when I woke up. I believe that creative work comes from our subconscious mind, so I try to keep the gap between sleep and writing as minimal as possible. — Marian Keyes

No one can be, at the same time, a sincere Catholic and a true Socialist. — Pope Pius XI

As a female I think it's a terrible hindrance in business. I think it's a terrible hindrance for any female to have a lot of intelligence in private life, but I think in business sometimes it's even worse because there's deep resentment. — Bette Davis

I once literally had a casting director ask my agent, 'Can she play anything other than a drunk?' — Carla Gallo

It occurs to me that John McCain is as intellectually shallow as our current President ... Bush goes bumbling along, grinning and spewing moronic one-liners, as though nobody understands what a colossal failure he has been ... I fear to the depth of my being that John McCain is just like him. — Jack Cafferty

We all know Linux is great ... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds. — Linus Torvalds

Well, eighteen, then. And I saw you with him the other night at the opera." She laughed nervously as she spoke, and watched him with her vague forget-me-not eyes. She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She was usually in love with somebody, and, as her passion was never returned, she had kept all her illusions. She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy. Her name was Victoria, and she had a perfect mania for going to church. — Oscar Wilde

If only I could change the world around me, perhaps my truth won't one day be the end of me. — Dan Pearce

They, OLDEFO (Old Established Forces), carry out l'exploitation de l'homme par 'homme (the exploitation of man by man). Do not let them live, so that there's no colonialism anymore in the world. — Sukarno

Why should anyone be frightened by a hat? — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Nothing is dead: men feign themselves dead, and endure mock funerals and mournful obituaries, and there they stand looking out ofthe window, sound and well, in some new and strange disguise. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have others who rob me of my solitude, and yet do not truly offer me company. — Irvin D. Yalom

IT IS NOT COINCIDENCE THAT AT BARCELONA WE HAVE LOW-KEY LIFESTYLES AND WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE KNOW WE ARE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND NOT MOVIE STARS. — Lionel Messi

But why? Why don't I want to fight when fight is all I've ever known and loved? I've fought for every inch of joy I've ever known. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

Set your goals high and then go home at night and think about three things youve accomplished, not the seven you didnot. — Samuel Richards